{"product_id":"a-noble-pursuit-english-silver-from-the-rita-gans-collection-at-the-virginia-museum-of-fine-arts-volume-2-paperback","title":"A Noble Pursuit: English Silver from the Rita Gans Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Hartop\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEllenor Alcorn\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by), \u003cb\u003eVirginia Museum of Fine Arts\u003c\/b\u003e (Prepared by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1997 Rita Gans generously gave the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts an outstanding array of English silver from the collection she and her late husband, Jerome, had amassed over some thirty years. Thanks to the munificent gift in 2010 of more stunning silver collected by her during the past thirteen years, the museum is home to one of the most important collections of English silver in the United States. Using examples from the Gans Collection, this book looks closely at the time-honored pursuit of the beautiful and rare in silver and charts the rise of antique silver collecting in Europe and America during the past three centuries. Many motives lie behind silver collecting, but more than an object's beauty, scarcity, provenance, or historical significance, the main driving force is frequently the thrill of the chase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCopublished by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and John Adamson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDistributed for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Hartop is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Noble Feast: English Silver from the Jerome and Rita Gans Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Classical Ideal: English Silver, 1760-1840\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works. Ellenor Alcorn is Associate Curator of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and was consulting curator for the Jerome and Rita Gans Collection of English Silver at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEnglish Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Maker's Mark: Paul de Mamerie Silver in the Cahn Collection\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 11.4 x 8.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47476779614386,"sku":"9780917046902","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b83acf53a50e5694f061ea8a445fe35d.webp?v=1779189486","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/a-noble-pursuit-english-silver-from-the-rita-gans-collection-at-the-virginia-museum-of-fine-arts-volume-2-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}